La Juventus smiles, Rome and Naples stop. The bianconeri are the only ones (among the big names, of course) to celebrate on this Sunday in the championship, thanks to the 2-0 win against Cremona which confirms second place "on the pitch", while the Giallorossi and Azzurri are unable to pass on the Bologna and Monza, the former stopped on the draw by Thiago Motta, the latter even defeated by Palladino. There rush to Europe thus remains wide open, both as regards the Champions League and eighth place, with as many as 12 teams involved in a battle with no holds barred.
Juventus – Cremonese 2-0, Allegri: “Sorry for Pogba. Seville? Competition open to any result”
La Juventus he had only one result available and he obtained it with a growing test, in which Cremonese was right at a distance. In the first half, in fact, Ballardini's Grigiorossi had managed to hold their own, closing the spaces well and making life difficult for the Lady, already shaken by thePogba's injury. The Frenchman, who started for the first time since his return to Italy, stopped after just 4 minutes with a muscle problem, which forced him to leave the field in tears, as well as ending his unfortunate season early. A bad blow, also and above all psychological, for Juve, who however in the second half finally managed to break through the wall with beans, author of a splendid goal after a beautiful serpentine from Chiesa. From then on, the spaces increased and the black and whites came close to doubling several times, in particular with Milik (goal disallowed for a few centimeters offside) and Rabiot, until he found it with Bremer, author of the punch that closed every speech. “It was a deserved victory and I'm happyEven though we are all sorry for Pogba, he was doing reasonably well and when he came out we had some difficulties. I'm sorry because he made so many sacrifices, but he felt pain and now he'll have to stop, but he's a man with broad shoulders to be able to overcome this injury too. Now head to Sevillawe will do everything possible to go to the final, they will play at home and we will find a difficult environment, we will have to be serene, clear-headed and play a technical match. The goal in the first leg destabilized us and we have to treasure it, but above all stay inside the match because the match is long. It's a dry match and anything can happen, it is normal that a draw is a good starting result for how it was."
Bologna 0-0 Rome, Mourinho: "Proud of my parents, whatever goes it will have been a great season"
Nothing to do instead for the Roma, stop on balance twigs Bologna and again forced to postpone the appointment with the victory, expected by now since the 3-0 defeat of Udinese on 16 April last. Since then, the Giallorossi, thanks to the efforts of the Europa League, have no longer been able to keep up with the former, wasting several opportunities to reach the Champions League area. If the team is still in the running, it is above all due to Milan's difficulties, but at this pace, just like Atalanta, they won't be able to take advantage of it. It must be said, however, that Rome has a big goal that is called Europa League, currently the first in order of importance: the Leverkusen semifinal is upon us and this explains Mourinho's choices, based on the "wild" turnover like never before. The Portuguese started the match with Svilar, Missori, Tahirovic, Camara and Solbakken, leaving Rui Patricio, Mancini, Matic, Pellegrini and Spinazzola at rest: absolute preference for the cup, in short, even if the Giallorossi, with a little more precision, could have found the advantage with Belotti and, who knows, won the match. "When we were second or third, I always said that this team could only think about the next match, because when matches pile up we can't go all the way," he explained. Mourinho -. For two or three months I've been saying that the most important match is always the next one, whether it's the league or Europe. Our season is fantastic, you can say what you want based on the final result. To win or not to win, to win the Europa League or to finish seventh. It's a season within the limits of these guys, because we've played well, and I've always said that we didn't have the potential to go to the bottom of two competitions".
Monza – Naples 2-0, Spalletti: “Losing is always annoying. The future? Napoli know how to plan”
Painless defeat finally for the Napoli, which falls under the blows of a excellent Monza. Mota Carvalho (18') and Petagna (53') propitiate the Azzurri's fourth fall in the league, even if this, for obvious reasons, has no side effects of any kind. Spalletti he legitimately chose to give space to the second lines, touching the balance of his 4-3-3 and thus allowing Palladino's team to take advantage of it: the result was a two-speed match, with Monza much more aggressive and determined to win of Napoli, also because of one fight in eighth place (Europe can be worth it, if the Juve was penalized) which evidently gives different stimuli. In the second half, once the second goal was conceded, the Azzurri returned to play with a more "suitable" set-up and the match changed, so much so that Di Gregorio took the chair, protagonist with his saves: the result, however, was remained unchanged, giving Monza yet another excellent scalp of his season. "When loses there is always a slight discomfort, not only mine but also for the players – the comment of Spalletti -. It depends on many things, you are a professional because you always behave in the same way always looking for the same goals. The future? Napoli showed that they are equipped to make teams, they know how to plan and choose at the last moment. We found ourselves having to replace something at the last moment and Giuntoli's staff proposed players that we evaluated”.
